Improvement in cotton-planter and fertilizer-distributer



J. A. SHINE. Cotton-Planter and Fert'ilizr-Distributer.

No. 201,204. Patented March 12,1878.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

N.PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT-OFFICE.

JOsEPH sewn, on MOUNT OLIVE, NORTH CAROLINA.

IMPROVEMENT I'N COTTON-PLANTER A'ND FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,204, dated March 12, 1878'; application filed December 10, 1877.

construction. Fig. 2 is a top View of the same, parts being broken away to show the construction. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. i a

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved machine which shall be so con- 'structed as to open a furrow, drop the guano into it, cover the guano with soil, open a second furrow, drop the seed into it, cover the seed with soil, androll the: soil above it, and which may be adjustedtoregulate or stop the discharge of the guano and seed, either or both, as may be desired,and without stopping the machine. e r

The invention will first be described in connection with the. drawing,-and then pointed out in the claims. j

A'is the frame of the machine, to the middle forward part of which is attached the draw-bar B. The draw-bar 13 projects in front of the frame A, and to its forward part is attached the standard 0, which is secured in place by a wedge-key or bolt, so that it may be readily adjusted as required. The lower part of the standard 0 is forked, and to it is pivoted a small wheel or roller, D, or to it is attached a board or rake, to serve as a gage to regulate the depth to which the openingplows enter the ground. The rear part of the machine is supported by a roller, E, the journals of which work in bearings attached to the rear parts of the side bars of the frame A.

To the draw-bar B, a little in the rear of the standard 0, is attached the standard F, which is secured in place by a wedge-key or bolt, so that it may be adjusted as required to cause the plow G, attached to its lower end, to open the ground to any desired depth to receive the guano or other fine fertilizer.

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. To the forward part of the frame A is attached, the hopper H, which is divided into two compartments by a partition, h, one of said compartments being intended to receive the guano, and the other to receive the seed. The hopper H is made in two parts, a lower rectangular partand an upper flaring part, which parts are hinged together at the adjacent edges of their forward ends, and are secured by a hook at their rear ends.

. In the adjacent edges of the parts of the sides and of thepartition of the hopper H are formed half-round notches, to serve as bearin gs for the shaft I, to which,-within the compartments of the hopper, are attached radial fingersJ, to keep the guano and seed stirred up, and to feed them out through the dischargeopenings in the: bottom of the said hopper. To one journal of the. stirrer-shaft I is attached, or upon it is formed, a crank, K, to

l which is pivoted the forward end of the connecting-rod L. The rod L passesback along the side bars of the frame A, and has a loop or notch formed in it to receive the crank M, formed upon or attached to the journal of the rollerE. l e

The crank M is made shorter than the crank K, so that therevolution of the roller E will only rock the stirrer I J. The rod L projects inj the rear of the crank M, and passes through a long keeper, N, attachedto the standard 0, that supports the handle P, which keeper has a loop or notch formed in its upper part to receive and hold the rod L when raised from the crank M. I

The forward ends of the handles P are attached to the side bars of the frame A, and the said handles are connected by a round, Q. The handles P and their supporting-standards O are strengthened by a brace, R, the lower end of which is attached to the lower part of one of the standards 0, and its other end is attached to the upper part of the other stand- The discharge-openin gs in the bottom of the hopper H are adjustable in size, the amount of guano and seed dropped being regulated by two parallel strips, S, placed over the side parts of each opening. The rear ends of the strips S are pivoted to the ends of a short V: The outerends of the'strips proieehandi l l to them are pivoted the forward endszof the: l connecting-rods Y5 which pass: back along the o '2 sidesof the lower'part of r the hopper H and i their rearends are pivoted to-the'lowerends:

l of the levers 'W; -Thelevers are: pivoted '2 to thetOWEi" parts ofthe handles P, and their 7 ,1 upper ends project into such a position" that or idl'QY'CELIlib readily reached: "and operated by V V l I r 1 the plowr'n an to 'iregnlate stop: 5 the dis- V or charge, as required; without its; being necestsarytostopthemachine.211w--h- Jim V I V To the bottom of; 'the: hopper" H or to the l frame A, beneath said; hopper is attached a V wedges aped spout 7 X which is dividedilonl V is gitudinally into tw o eornpartments by? a avermticalpartition, w c l V: lnthe compartment of the "spout X; beneath :the is gnanocompartment" of the chopper H, is I secured l a board; wflfw hich inclines forward; toguide the gnano to the disohargeopening. V i l i at the forward l iower corner: of the spout X; 1 l j and discharge it into: the furrow opened by :the opening plow 61085 in the rear of the. V Z 1 said plow; In the 'other compartment 2 of the;

or .speutX beneath the seed-eompartmentof the V hopper H, is secured a: board which in-l I elines to: the rearward l to gnide'the; seed'to the: disc-harge opening at the rear lower cornerof 5 The: forward endsiof the strips S, arepivote'd 1 to flIELSbPlP" upon the opposite sides of, and r the spout X. v

To the side of the spout X, a little in the rear of the forward discharge-opening, are attached two blades or teeth Y, to loosen the soil at the sides of the furrow made by the opening-plow F G, so that the said furrow may be filled and the guano covered by the scraper or rake Z, attached to the spout X. The covererZ maybe attached at its ends to the lower ends of two rods extending upward and forward, and: attached to ltheispontXor frame :I i VA; sothat the saidcoverer :maymoveupand down, to prevent trashfrom collecting upon it. 7 r r I Ai is an opening-plow; piaeedinthe reflar'of: V 1 the scraperor rake Z ,"a-nd :a little inifront of a i equally distant fro1n,'thepivot, byzwhiohit is. the rear. discharge-opening, andwhich' :se-

4;; .pivoted; to the hopper-bottom at the forward :cured- :to'the lower end ofthe staudardrBku s endofthe dis'chargeopening; i f Thestandard B is secriredito the rear endof w the draw-bar B awedge, key; or bolt, so 7 that the openers Sf can be raised or lowered," 1 V to-causeit toopen ashallower: or deeper furr. l f rowtoreceivetheseed: l

Bythis construction the gnanoand seed i can each be deposited at any desired 'depthin 1 the soi lyoratthesame depth, orwithalayera- ,7 ofxsoil of any desired thicknessbetweenthem; 1 I a 1 Tothe rear; lower palt of: the spoutiX are? attached two blades or teeth, it}! to loosen the: l i soil "at the sidesiof the fRITOW, so thzattheseed 1 r may be covcred'and -thesoilipressed down 7 1; :7; a upon it'bytheirollerfig r V To the rear partof the frame Aisxattached V i 1 i a:p1ate',:iD ',toiscrapexoft; anysoil that'might' adheretotherollerE and prevent itsproperxi- @operation. l c c Having thus desoribedgzmy invention, I "olahn: as new: and desire to secure by tersPatent-a-mr :r-ir: V Thecombinatio rof the :gage fenderfl-D i the forward opener G, the forward blades lor teeth Xi,- the cowferer; Z the rearsopeneri A and the rearibladesi or teeth 0* substantially izas hcreinshown and describeiw A The combination with hopper H; of two; a w

parallel end-pivoted strips, S, the short :mida. i l i a I dlapivoted strip :C'Qand; the strip U,:pivoted: V 1 1 1 at the forward end of the discharge-opening; I

and connected with hand mechanism, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with hopper H, of a longitudinally-divided wedge-shaped spout, X, having oppositely-inclined boards 00 00 as and for the purpose specified.

JOSEPH ALEXANDER SHINE.

Witnesses W. W. KOMEGAY, D. E. SMITH.

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